Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qatulay

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*qatulay

1. bigeye scad (Trachurops crumenophthalmus)

Descendants

• Sama–Bajaw
  • Central Sama: tulay
    • →? Malay: tulai
• Chamorro: atulai
• Palauan: chedui
• Oceanic
  • Western Oceanic
    • Tawala: atule
    • Molima: ʔatune
  • Central–Eastern Oceanic
    • Micronesian
      • Puluwat: yawúúl
    • Central Pacific
      • Rotuman: afule
      • Polynesian: *qatule
        • Tongic
          • Tongan: ʻotule
          • Niuean: atule
        • Nuclear Polynesian
          • Samoic–Outlier
            • Ellicean
              • Kapingamarangi: adule
              • Tuvaluan: atule
            • Futunic
              • Anuta: ature
              • Futuna-Aniwa: eture
            • Samoic
              • Samoan: atule
              • Tokelauan: atule
          • Eastern Polynesian
            • Marquesic
              • Hawaiian: akule
              • Mangarevan: eture
              • North Marquesan: etuʻe
            • Tahitic
              • Tahitian: ature
              • Rarotongan: ‘ature
              • Tuamotuan: ature
            • Rapa Nui: ature

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qatulay.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QATULE”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online